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2025

Journal Article

Belonging and identity in the Samoan diaspora

Simpson Reeves, Laura, Faleolo, Ruth (Lute), Parsell, Cameron and Liu, Shuang (2025). Belonging and identity in the Samoan diaspora. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/07256868.2025.2598765

Belonging and identity in the Samoan diaspora

2020

Journal Article

Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’

Simpson Reeves, Laura, Parsell, Cameron and Liu, Shuang (2020). Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’. Journal of Sociology, 56 (3), 439-454. doi: 10.1177/1440783319851204

Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’

2025

Journal Article

Review of The loneliness room: a creative ethnography of loneliness

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2025). Review of The loneliness room: a creative ethnography of loneliness. Visual Studies, 1-2. doi: 10.1080/1472586X.2025.2570285

Review of The loneliness room: a creative ethnography of loneliness

2025

Other Outputs

Raising Queensland: child and youth policy priorities

Healy, Karen, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Venables, Jemma and Nathanson, Caitlin (2025). Raising Queensland: child and youth policy priorities. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Raising Queensland: child and youth policy priorities

2025

Other Outputs

‘Every child, every woman: healthy and safe start’ program evaluation final report

Simpson Reeves, Laura, Hawley, Glenda, Gabiana, Christy and Healy, Karen (2025). ‘Every child, every woman: healthy and safe start’ program evaluation final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

‘Every child, every woman: healthy and safe start’ program evaluation final report

2025

Journal Article

Access to transition planning and support for young people who self‐place when in out‐of‐home care: the perspectives of young people and practitioners

Venables, Jemma, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Ellem, Kathy, Healy, Karen and Cullin, Joel (2025). Access to transition planning and support for young people who self‐place when in out‐of‐home care: the perspectives of young people and practitioners. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 60 (3), 757-767. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.391

Access to transition planning and support for young people who self‐place when in out‐of‐home care: the perspectives of young people and practitioners

2024

Conference Publication

Hope labour and hustle culture: How the neoliberalisation of higher education continues to disadvantage women

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2024). Hope labour and hustle culture: How the neoliberalisation of higher education continues to disadvantage women. The Australian Sociological Conference, Perth, WA, Australia and online, 26-29 November 2024.

Hope labour and hustle culture: How the neoliberalisation of higher education continues to disadvantage women

2024

Conference Publication

Paralysed by precarity: a journey of productive procrastination towards PhD completion

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2024). Paralysed by precarity: a journey of productive procrastination towards PhD completion. The Australian Sociological Conference, Perth, WA, Australia and online, 26-29 November 2024.

Paralysed by precarity: a journey of productive procrastination towards PhD completion

2024

Conference Publication

A Longitudinal Approach to Exploring the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Out-of-Home Care: A Research Innovation

Simpson Reeves, Laura and Healy, Karen (2024). A Longitudinal Approach to Exploring the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Out-of-Home Care: A Research Innovation. International Conference on Health and Mental Health in Social Work, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 19-22 November 2024.

A Longitudinal Approach to Exploring the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Out-of-Home Care: A Research Innovation

2024

Journal Article

The social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care: a scoping review exploring structural and social factors

Healy, Karen, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Boman, Madonna, Kolesnikova, Iryna, Povey, Jenny, Venables, Jemma, Baxter, Janeen and Thompson, Kate (2024). The social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care: a scoping review exploring structural and social factors. Children and Youth Services Review, 166 107991, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107991

The social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care: a scoping review exploring structural and social factors

2024

Other Outputs

‘Ola Manaia’: exploring how Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia, conceptualise ‘the good life’

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2024). ‘Ola Manaia’: exploring how Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia, conceptualise ‘the good life’. PhD Thesis, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/e1b034c

‘Ola Manaia’: exploring how Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia, conceptualise ‘the good life’

2023

Conference Publication

The (un)making of multicultural Australia

Sharma, Nikita and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2023). The (un)making of multicultural Australia. TASA 2023, Sydney, Australia, 28-29 November 2023.

The (un)making of multicultural Australia

2023

Journal Article

Review: Into the Sea, by Ash Watson

Reeves, Laura Simpson (2023). Review: Into the Sea, by Ash Watson. Journal of Autoethnography, 4 (3), 434-437. doi: 10.1525/joae.2023.4.3.434

Review: Into the Sea, by Ash Watson

2023

Journal Article

Social science as social action to address inequalities

Staines, Zoe, Smith, Kiah, Plage, Stefanie, Nahar Lata, Lutfun, Fay, Suzanna, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Beazley, Helen, Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew, McGowan, Glenys, Shevellar, Lynda and Prangnell, Jonathan (2023). Social science as social action to address inequalities. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 59 (1), 108-127. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.272

Social science as social action to address inequalities

2023

Other Outputs

Cultural understandings of responsibility amongst Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2023). Cultural understandings of responsibility amongst Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-10. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/1222d23

Cultural understandings of responsibility amongst Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane

2022

Journal Article

Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness

Simpson Reeves, Laura, Clarke, Andrew, Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 57 (4), 783-797. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.201

Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness

2021

Journal Article

Created in the image of God? Progressive social services and faith-based organizations

Parsell, Cameron, Hutchins, Marcus, Simpson Reeves, Laura and Deighton, Chris (2021). Created in the image of God? Progressive social services and faith-based organizations. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 36 (3), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/13537903.2021.1959163

Created in the image of God? Progressive social services and faith-based organizations

2020

Journal Article

Review of Helmut Gaisbauer, Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak (eds) (2020), Absolute Poverty in Europe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Hidden Phenomenon, Bristol: Policy Press

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2020). Review of Helmut Gaisbauer, Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak (eds) (2020), Absolute Poverty in Europe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Hidden Phenomenon, Bristol: Policy Press. Journal of Social Policy, 50 (1), 212-214. doi: 10.1017/S0047279420000598

Review of Helmut Gaisbauer, Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak (eds) (2020), Absolute Poverty in Europe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Hidden Phenomenon, Bristol: Policy Press

2020

Other Outputs

Try, test and learn evaluation - interim report

Baxter, Janeen, Povey, Jenny, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Plage, Stefanie, Kennedy, Elizabeth, O'Flaherty, Martin, Tseng, Yi-Ping, Polidano, Cain, Kalb, Guyonne, Borland, Jeff, Ribar, David, Mamun, Abdullah, Ball, Sarah, Gramotnev, Alexandra, Bellotti, Melindy, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Western, Mark (2020). Try, test and learn evaluation - interim report. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Try, test and learn evaluation - interim report

2019

Journal Article

Can visual methods actually challenge hierarchies? A case study from Papua New Guinea

Simpson Reeves, Laura and Hinthorne, Lauren Leigh (2019). Can visual methods actually challenge hierarchies? A case study from Papua New Guinea. Community Development Journal, 54 (3) bsx047, 371-388. doi: 10.1093/cdj/bsx047

Can visual methods actually challenge hierarchies? A case study from Papua New Guinea